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  2. Sliding (motion) - Wikipedia

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    The science and technology of friction, lubrication, and wear is known as tribology. Sliding may occur between two objects of arbitrary shape, whereas rolling friction is the frictional force associated with the rotational movement of a somewhat disclike or other circular object along a surface.

  3. Friction - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic friction, also known as dynamic friction or sliding friction, occurs when two objects are moving relative to each other and rub together (like a sled on the ground). The coefficient of kinetic friction is typically denoted as μ k , and is usually less than the coefficient of static friction for the same materials.

  4. Stick–slip phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    Friction – Force resisting sliding motion; Lubrication – The presence of a material to reduce friction between two surfaces. Nanotribology – Study of friction, wear, adhesion and lubrication phenomena at the nanoscale; Tribology – Science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion

  5. Frictional contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Friction – Force resisting sliding motion; Friction drive – Mechanical power transmission by friction between components; Lubrication – The presence of a material to reduce friction between two surfaces. Metallurgy – Field of science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metals

  6. Coulomb damping - Wikipedia

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    Coulomb damping dissipates energy constantly because of sliding friction. The magnitude of sliding friction is a constant value; independent of surface area, displacement or position, and velocity. The system undergoing Coulomb damping is periodic or oscillating and restrained by the sliding friction.

  7. Tribology - Wikipedia

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    Tribology is the science and engineering of understanding friction, lubrication and wear phenomena for interacting surfaces in relative motion.It is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on many academic fields, including physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, biology and engineering. [1]

  8. Contact mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Frictional contact mechanics emphasizes the effect of friction forces. Contact mechanics is part of mechanical engineering. The physical and mathematical formulation of the subject is built upon the mechanics of materials and continuum mechanics and focuses on computations involving elastic, viscoelastic, and plastic bodies in static or dynamic ...

  9. Contact area - Wikipedia

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    Friction and contact area [ edit ] It is an empirical fact for many materials that F = μN , where F is the frictional force for sliding friction , μ is the coefficient of friction , and N is the normal force .